NAEB Newsletter (May 01, 1946)

NAE8 NEWS LETTER

Ursana, i llino{s
May I, 1946

NAEB MEETS AT COLUMBUS

The Natconal Assocsatson of Educational Broadcasters will hold meet¬
ings Frida morning and afternoon»-and EVENiif4G^ ir necessary— at
Columbus on Friday, May 3^ The sessions Af?E rcHEOutED for the Walnut
Room at the Neiil HousEo Problems facing ihe AseociAiiON and edu¬
cational RADIO WILL BE DISCUSSED,

FCC URGES ALL TO PROCEED WITH FM CONSTRUCTION

The Federal Communications Ccmmissicn on April 5 officially denied

A NEWS AGENCY REPORT QUOTING AN ALLEGED FCC SPOKESMAN AS SAYING "THAT
SN VIEW OF THE VERY FEW FM SETS TO BE PRODUCED THIS YEAR, IT IS NAROlY
WORTH WHILE FOR THE BROADCASTERS TO CONTINUE WITH STATION CONSTRUCTION
PLANS,"

"Mo person in ANY RESPONSIBLE POSITION IN THE AGENCY HAS MADE SUCH . A
STATELU^NT, " THE COMMISSION DECLARED, "ThE STATEMENT DOES NOT REPRESENT
THE VIEWS OF THE COMMISSION, !t IS ERRONEOUS AND GRAVELY MISLEADING,

"Far FROM DISCOURAGING BROADCASTERS FROM CONTINUING YH TH THEIR STATION
CONSTRUCTION PLANS, THE COMMISSION URGES ALL OF THEM TO PROCEED WITH
THEIR PLANS WITH THE GREATEST POSSIBLE SPEED,

"The views of the Commission are set forth in an official news release
ISSUED Wednesday, April 3, Thus release shows that 85 manufacturers

REPORTING IN AN FCC SURVEY ESTIMATE THEY WILL PRODUCE 1,LOO,000 FM

SETS f! N 1946o Particular ATTENTION ns called to the last sentence of
this official release;

''llN THE LIGHT OF THE RAf^'iD PROGRESS BEING MADE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FM ON sHE STATION SIDE,, THE

Commission hopes that manufacturers may revise their

PRODUCTION SCHEDULES TO INCLUDE A GREATER PROPOR*

TION OF FM RECEIVERS,’"

GRirriTN TFt- TIFIES AT CLEAR CHANNEL HEARING

The Feoerai- Communications Commission has been urged to allow educational

STANDARD RADIO STATIONS TO OPERATE DURING EVENINGS ON CLEAR CHANNEL
FREQUENCIESc REPRESENTATIVES OF TWO SUCH STATIONS TOLD THE COMMISSICN
ON ApRm. 26 THAT IN ORDER TO GIVE EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE THEY
MUST Have evening time and SUFFliCIENT POWER TO REACH THEIR LISTENERS,

One of the witnesses was W, J, Griffith, Director of Station W-0-!

Y/HjCH !S OV^NED AND OPERATED BY ! OWA STATE COLLEGE OF AtSRI CULTURE AND

Mechanic Arts, The other was Jo M, Naulty, Extension Director of the
University of Minnesota, which operates station K-u-O-M, (See encl^sukv.
FOR Griffith’s testimony).

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May ii,!946

HANNA ELECTED NAB DISTRICT DIRECtOR

The second djstrict of the National Association of Broadcasters elected
Michael Hanna, general manager of radio station W'«H«C-U, Ithaca, New
York, as district director on April 26o

Hanna succeeds Kolin Hager, general manager of radio station W«G-Y,
Schenectady, who was district director for four years®

Hanna was elected for a two-year term® The vote was unaMmouSo

WRUL SEEKS RETURN OF CONTROL

Walter S® Lemmon, president of shortwave radio station W«R-U~L in
Boston, Mass®, has asked the War Communications Board to return the
station to his control, a Board spokesman said in Washington on April 23®
The spokesman, who asked that his name be withheld, said the station
WAS placed under government control early in the war, along with some
other radio facilities® The station was operated by the Office of
War Information until that organization was absorbed by the State De*
partment wh ch now operates it, the spokesman said®

FCC ANNUAL REPORT AVAILABLE

The Federal Communications Commission announces that its Eleventh
Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1945, is now on sale

BY THE SUPERi NTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, GOVERNMENT ERINTING QffICE, WASHING¬
TON 25, 0® Co, AT 20 CENTS A COPY® REQUESTS FOR COPIES OF THIS REPORT
should be made directly to THAT AGENCY, TOGETHER WITH REMITTANCE®

FCC ACTION S

WRUF, University of Florida, filed application for a cons'^ructi on

PERMIT TO INSTALL NEW TRANSMITTER, CHANGE TRANSMITTER LOCATION, CHANGE
FROM 5 KILOWATTS, LIMITED TIME TO 5 KILOWATTS UNLIMITED HOURS OF OPERATION
AND TO INSTALL DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA FOR NIGHTTIME OPERATION® (TENDERED
FOR FILING, 4/3/46 AND FILED 4/M 2/46)

Pennsylvania State College was granted temporary authority to operate
A composite transmitter on 106 Mcs, with !00 watts and mumodulated

EMISSION, IN order TO MAKE FIELD INTENSITY MEASUREMENTS TO DETERMINE
THE LOCATION OF A PROPOSED FM TRANSMITTER TO OPERATE AS AN EDUCATIONAL
broadcast STATION® ThE TRANSMITTER I S TO BE LOCATED NEAR THE RaTTLE'*

SNAKE Fire Tower at Moshannon State Park* (5/17/46)

The FCC accepted for filing the application of the Board of Education
OF THE San Francisco Unified School Oi strict for a construction permit
to change frequency from 42® I to 9(,S megacvcleSj transmitter location,

AND TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE ANTENNA SYSTEM® (4/!8/46)

The FCC authorized the Board of Education of Sewanhaka High Schouu
Floral Park, New York, to operate a new non-commercial educational FM
station® (4/38/46)

Ne/js Letter

fLAGE o

May I, }94b

KlVSC, State College of Washsngton, Pullman^ was oessgnated for a con¬
solidated HEARING ON ITS APP' CATION (B5-P«3940) TO CHANGE FACILITIES
FROM ! 250 KC, 5 KWj SHARING ,<ME WITH KTW^ SEATTLE^ TO J 030 KC, 5 KW
DAYj i KW NIGHT, WITH DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA AT NIGHTo OTHERS DESIGfNATEC
IN the; CONSOLIDATED HEARING INCLUDE APPLICATIONS OF AlVIN NeLSON,
iNC., KFRE, KROY, and WBZ, BostoNo (4/18/46)

liBKY, University of Kentucky, Seattyville, filed application for renewal
OF LI cense o (4/25/46)

The Commission accepted for filing the application of KSUI, Uni ’^rsity

OF iOWA, FOR MODIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION PERMIT, REQUESTING EXTENSION
Of COMPLETION DATE. (4/22/46)

Also, the FX accepted for filing application of the College of the:
Pacific, Stockton, for amendment of its construction permit to change
fRANSMITTER SITE. (4/22/46)

The amended application of the Trustees of the University of Pennsy, ani/U
to change frequency from 42c9 to 91o7 megacycles, to change type or
transmitter, and changes in the antenna system was accepted for FI
BY THE FCC. (4/25/46)

Upon request of the applicant, the application of Stephens College,
Columbia, Missouri, for a construotion permit for a new Norj -commercial
educational FM station was dismissed by the COMMiSSiONo (4/25/46)

Licenses for the following stations were extended upon a temporary
basis only, pending determination upon applications for renewal, for
THE period ending July 1, 1946 5 KOAC, Corvallis, Oregon; KSAC, MANHATTAf?
Kansas; and, WILL, Urbana, IllinoiSo (4/26/46)

The Commission accepted for filing the application of Oklahoma Agri^
cultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater, for a construction permit
FOR A NEW standard BROADCAST STATION TO BE OPERATED ON 760 KILOCYCLES,

WITH POWER OF 10 KILOWATTS, AND FOR DAYTIME HOURS OF OPERATION*. (4/30/46)

««SCHOOLEY

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